video shared on Instagram Sean “Diddy” Combs was allegedly filmed riding a motorcycle through the prison.
Verdict: False
The video was originally posted in February 2024, prior to Combs' arrest several months later.
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Peacock will release a documentary about Combs called Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy, which will include interviews with Combs' former bodyguards and interns. newsweek. According to the paper, Mr. Combs continues to deny the allegations of wrongdoing, calling them “defamatory.”
An Instagram post claims Combs was riding a dirt bike in prison. The video shows a man wearing an orange prison jumpsuit riding a bicycle around the prison facility.
The text of the video reads, “Diddy riding a bike in prison.”
The caption reads in part: “New footage of P. Diddy in prison leaked. Looks like they can't hold him!” He rode circles on his dirt bike, proving he's been a bad boy all his life. ”
However, the video does not feature Combs and predates his arrest. Originally posted on Instagram According to , Mr. Combs was arrested on September 16, 2024. CNN.
“No inmate has the means or ability to ride a 'dirt bike' or motorcycle within a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility,” a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson said in an email to Fact Check. (Related: Did Elon Musk Announce Diddy and Epstein's Client Lists Will Be Published on January 20th?)
Check Your Fact has reached out to a spokesperson for Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), where Combs is being held, for comment.
